Affiliation:
1. Departamento Microbiología, Universidad de Barcelona, Diagonal 643, 08071 Barcelona, Spain
Abstract
The members of theAeromonasgenus are ubiquitous, water-borne bacteria. They have been isolated from marine waters, rivers, lakes, swamps, sediments, chlorine water, water distribution systems, drinking water and residual waters; different types of food, such as meat, fish, seafood, vegetables, and processed foods.Aeromonasstrains are predominantly pathogenic to poikilothermic animals, and the mesophilic strains are emerging as important pathogens in humans, causing a variety of extraintestinal and systemic infections as well as gastrointestinal infections. The most commonly described disease caused byAeromonasis the gastroenteritis; however, no adequate animal model is available to reproduce this illness caused byAeromonas. The main pathogenic factors associated withAeromonasare: surface polysaccharides (capsule, lipopolysaccharide, and glucan), S-layers, iron-binding systems, exotoxins and extracellular enzymes, secretion systems, fimbriae and other nonfilamentous adhesins, motility and flagella.
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Geography, Planning and Development
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